Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-01

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''Sooialistic Mayor as the paper
sse nt 10 style him. -Y0a eannot esl
: Harrison Do lead forlorn hope.' cried
the Mayor. when Harrison runs. h
runs 20 win, bus not TO elect Ar. Roche
II the citizens Of Chicago, irrespective
OF party, sAoaid say to him 10 run ke
would Dc So" Harrison then lefk The
room. A member st the com0ittee
| then moved 10 appoint an executivs
o0mmittee of hve TO confer with repre-
ssntatives Of the citizens organization,
should one develop. Ihe motion wAs
carried and the Democracy adjourned
sine de.
Another Chinese Murder.
Il SAN FRkxczBco, March Sl.-ChinatoWn
was again the scene Of Q murder lasi
night. LeonR Sing, said 10 Be high
binder. entered q restaurant at S:SC
Washington street, kept by LeonR Ohun,
and on being refused the money de-
manded by him. drew Q revolver and
: fired at Ohun. The bullet entered tbs
latteF's brain. He vas carried 10 The
receiving hospital and died there at ]
O'clock this morning. Sing ned i'm
mediately after the shooting and was
not found until o'clock this morning.
he is nou in prison charged with mur-
der.
Texas 0aaransinea Against CheIesa.
EL PAso (Texss), March 8l.-Qaaran-
tine vas instituted tsday against
cholera. The cholera has travelled
n0FthWard in South America until ID has
reached the Isthmus Of Panama. and 1t
is feared that Mexican trains may bring
10 into the United States. All persons,
baggage and freight ffom the infected
parts will be denied admission into the
United States. All mail from the
eheleFa infected peints will be disin-
feeted before received into the United
States.
First Application og . New Law.
WAaHIaoroR, March 3l.-The Preai-
dent today directed the allotment Of
lands in sevefalty 20 the Indians on the
Warm Spring Reservation in Oregon.
This is the first action taken under the
Indian Land SeveFalty Act which vas
passed By the last Congress. Under the
provisions the Surveyor General OF Ore
gon will have surveyed q sufficient
quantity Of land 70 give 10 each head Of
family l60 acres; to each single person
over eighteen years OF age, 50 acres; 10
each orphan under Is years of age, 50
acres; and 10 each other single person |
under Is years of age. 40 acres. This /
distribution is made TO male and female |
alike. Each Indian will receive patent |
to his land, which shall be OF legal |
effect aud which will declare that the /
United States will hold the lands thus \
allotted for period Of % years In trust /
for the sole benefit Of the Indian or bis
heirs. At the expiration of this period /
the United States will convey the land
in fee simple.
A Contest Beard Created.
WASHINGTON. March 81. - Oommis
sioner sparks to-day issued an order
creating q contest Board to watch all
contest cases now pending or hereafter
arising 10 any pre-emption and public
lands decision shall be referred for ex-
animation and decisisn. After action
is taken by this Board upon q contest
case, it will GO to the Board Of Review.
The Board Is to consist Of five members.
selected from the several divisions Of
the general Land Offioe.
New Dry Doeks.
Secretary Whitney has approved the
report Of the Board appointed to select
sites for the two new dry docks, author
lied by the last Congress. The docks
will be located at the New York and
Nerfelk navy yards, and will be bailt
by contract on the general plan Of the
simpson dry docks.
Affirmed the 0IeOmargarine Decision.
ALBANY, March a1.-The Court of Ap-
peals has affirmed Judgment Of the
Court of General Terms eonvisting
Lipm8n ArensburR Of selling oleomsF
Rarine in violation of the statute. Judge
Rapallo, in delivering his opinion, said
that the artificial colorinR Of oleomar-
Rarina 10 make 10 resemble dairy butter
came within the statutory prohibition
against imatatiOn.
Death Of Jadge Cuppy.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-A telegram
received today from hot Springs (Ark.),
announces the death Of Judge Francis
p. Ouppy at that place last night.
A Coed sized Reduction.
The revised estimate Of the public
debt reduction for March makes itaboat
$Il, 100000.
Appolntment by Promotion.
II is announced that the following ep-
peintments will be made tomorrow:
Secretary of the Treasury, Charles B.
Fairchild. Of Nav YoFk; Assistant See
retary Of the treasury. Isaac II. May
nard. of New York. Me-. Maynard is
the present Second Comptroller Of the
Treasury, having been appointed 20 that
position BY President Cleveland on June
LIST, 1885. He has made an excellent re-
cord in that position. At the time OF
his appointment Judge Maynard was
First Depdiy Attorney General Of New
York. Two wears prior to his appoint
ment TO the Federal service. he vas the
Democratic candidate for Secretary Of
State Of New York, but was defeated,
owing, Il is said, 10 bis prohibition re-
cord. His home is IN Delhi, New York.
rhe oregon Railway a Navigation
Company.
New YoKK, March 3l.-The Nal aad
Erprsss tonight says: "fhe lease OF the
Oregon Railway 4 Navigation Com
pany, though approved by the Union
Paclic stockholders, has not yet been
signed, and it has vet 10 be perfected.
President Elijah Smith is reported -
anxious to dispose Of his Oregon q
TFanscontinestRl holdings, and there
are several details yet 70 be arranged
The story nov is that some arrange
ments for Q trast viii be devised bat
that the stockholders uill be assured six
per cent for ninety nine years.
Deafh Of John G. SAKE.
ALRAEY, March 3I.-yohn Godfrey
SAKE, the poet, died here today. The
burial will take place 10 the Greenwood
family let in Brooklyn.
The labor Party In CineiRBatL
CNcrSxArI, March 3I.-The Labor
Party claim thsy will elect their muAi-
cital ticket next Monday. hey hgure
90 polling Is 900 votes (which is not i'm
possibie) which would enable them 20
defeat either OF the old parties.
ShIpplns Intelligence.
SAN Francisco. March Sl.-Sailed-
British steamer Wellington, for Nsnai-
ne; bark Heaper. for Port Townsend.
PoKr MKDIsox. March 3l.-AfFtYed-
Bark Northwest.
Poxr LuDL7w, March 3l.-Sailed-
Bark Cowiitz. for Saa Pedro.
PoKr AxoEIxS, March 31.-ClOady.
Gentle wesi viad. No shipping.
WsFkings % the War Department.
WAsHIxaroN, March 81 Secretary
RndioOst has issasd 3 eIroaiAr caliisR
for infarmation relstive 10 the esndi-
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